Professionally focused training of foreign-language students’ reading, future foreign language teachers

The article discusses the training of students in Linguistics and Teachers’ education independent reading in a foreign language. This process is analyzed from the standpoint of cognitive and professionally focused values of textual material. It is constructed an algorithm of the teacher’s and students’ actions in the formation of independent reading skills. It was established that independent reading training is a guided process, the conditions for its implementation are formulated.